Deborah Danan
By Deborah Danan
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News In the courtyard where Hersh Goldberg-Polin danced on Oct. 6, grief and anger reign after his death
Hundreds of people flocked to the Goldberg-Polin family’s egalitarian synagogue in Baka, Jerusalem
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News ‘It’s like living in 2 realities at the same time’: Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety
Israelis have gotten used to a constant cognitive dissonance while they go to work, send their children to school and, often, go out to eat or enjoy themselves despite the risks
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News In Majdal Shams, families mourn children killed in rocket attack — and feel the embrace of their Jewish neighbors
Though Golan Druze have a complicated relationship with Israel, Israelis have collectively grieved the dead youths and spoken of the strike as an Israeli national tragedy
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Fast Forward Bereaved Israeli families may now add traditional phrase ‘May God avenge his blood’ to soldiers’ gravestones
The expression, in Jewish tradition, has historically been appended to the names of Jews killed for being Jewish
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Fast Forward Israeli soldiers are finding Judaica in Gaza — and trying to locate the items’ owners
Soldiers — who have found menorahs, a challah board and a seder plate in Gaza — often don't know whether to take or leave the Judaica
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Fast Forward Tens of thousands crowd Tel Aviv park for first Nova concert since Oct. 7 massacre
Many survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre attended as part of an ongoing reckoning with their trauma
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News In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth
“It doesn’t matter how many children you have, you never, ever get over the experience,” the hotel’s medical director said
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Fast Forward Video of Israelis trashing Gaza aid leads to clashes between rival activists
Tzav 9, the main group organizing to block aid shipments, disavowed the riot and said that it would pause operations for a week
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